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I got Labour (70%) slightly ahead of Lib Dems (68%) and Greens (63%). I live in a true blue constituency but will be going to cast my vote on May 7th regardless, most likely for the yellow team.

I've seen this said a few times, and I don't buy it. Sure, without Scotland politics would swing (further) to the right in this country, but the balance between the parties would be re-asserted within a few years around the 'new' middle ground I'm sure.

The forecasts I have seen have said showers rather than heavy rain, but yes. Unfortunately I have no leeway over the day - so it's either cycle or wuss out and get the train. It's also the only chance I'm going to get at the distance for at least 6 weeks. It's a bugger but unfortunately the one...

It's been hidden in the Labs for ages, but available for all to use (you don't even have to log in). http://labs.strava.com/flyby/ On an unrelated note - I'm doing my first imperial century ride this Friday. Have booked the day off to cycle from Cambridge to Stratford-upon-Avon (where my folks...

The author has said it was flawed from the start, because the wrong population estimates were used. An alternative need-based system would still give Scotland an above-average per capita government spend. What do you mean 'led by'? Who is proposing a majority SNP government? If you split North...

The Barnett formula is pretty problematic, but I suspect not for the reasons you think. The biggest problem is that the initial implementation was done using incorrect estimates of population, which has lead to the current situation where government spending per capita is higher in the other...

This is bitter nonsense. Unless you live and work in somewhere like the City of London, the area you live in is probably being subsidised by another. It's how functioning nations work - the areas with high concentrations of economic activity transfer funding to those with low concentrations. If...

I agree on the safe selections. I suppose one other consideration may have been that, if Riley was unlikely to play in the Tests (i.e. would come as water carrier only), is he better off playing CC games for Kent instead? How many CC games would he have missed if he'd gone on the tour? At least...

Is Rashid up to it? From what I read he bowled a lot of pies in the warm up. I agree that Tredwell is a damning indictment, and if there's nothing better than him then perhaps Rashid at 7 and as a 5th bowler isn't so bad, but I'd have liked to see them take a younger spinner for a bit of...

Don't see the point in playing Trott. Even if he plunders (not that he ever plunders - perhaps accumulates is a better word!) a load of runs against a pretty shocking Windies team, it won't tell us anything about his suitability to face up to Boult, Johnson, Starc and co over the summer. He's...

It was ruling out May and June that I missed first time round - I just excluded 18 and 19 instead.

Okay I've changed my mind. Now I think it's 16th July. Good tester, although it's much more about logic than maths.

Stolen shamelessly from the Guardian... see here I reckon it's 17th August. Happy to share working but let's see what others can come up with first. Any takers?

The problem is, if you boil down any political party to this kind of trite soundbite, you can make them sound however you want. The Tories, cutting benefits and taxes, putting the burden of the deficit on the backs of the poor. The Tories, making sure Britain is "open for business". Both have...

This one's great. Whoever would have guessed that 4 divided by 2 equals 2! :wink: Think of a number. Double it. Add 10,000,000. Halve the number. Take away the number you first thought of. Your answer is 5,000,000.

No worries. The issue is that the last line of the question says "That's £27, with £2 to the waiter" inviting you to add the two together, when in fact the £2 tip to the waiter is already included in the £27 (it's £25 dinner + £2 tip).

Genetic, definitely. Babies, in particular, look really bloody odd. But when my daughter was born she looked perfect - it's only looking back now that I can see that she in fact looked just like any other newborn, i.e. weird, tiny and oddly-shaped.

Well yes, but that applies to many different people for many different reasons. At least parents with 'Baby on board' stickers are displaying some kind of warning to others!

As others have said, it is the phrasing of the question that is designed to make it sound complicated. The diners pay £10 each. So that's £30 in total. The waiter brings back a £5. Each diner takes a pound back, £3 in total. They've now paid £9 each. There's £27 left (£30 - £3). The waiter...

I am very much of this persuasion - but the Mrs points out that actually they can serve a use because having a baby means the driver is more likely to be knackered and therefore drive in an illogical and dangerous manner, which I can just about see. So I prefer to view them now as something...